Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story:Archaeologists studying Bronze Age Calabria in Italy uncovered a distinct mountain community. Researchers traced the DNA of a community located within the Grotta della Monaca caves, finding it had its own unique mix of ancestry. The Bronze Age group also had a diet heavy in milk and dairy products despite being lactose intolerant. The team published its findings in a in Communications Biology, highlighting the population history, kinship patterns, and cultural practices of this distinct Bronze Age group prior to Greek colonization of the region. DNA analysis shows strong ties to Early Bronze Age Sicily, with little influence from the eastern Mediterranean.